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Hilary Allanson

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Socialist, anti racist, doting Grandma. Refugees are welcome here

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
How can the French revolt win? ⭐️Students, striking workers and activists who participated in the protests rocking the French state spoke to Socialist Worker about where the movement should go next. socialistworker.co.uk/in-depth/how...
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How can the French revolt win?
French protesters spoke to Socialist Worker about where the movement should go next
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
At times like this, the mask really comes off the British media. There is no pretence - at all - about their impartiality or objectivity towards the Green Party. It is a blatant naked partisan cross-media assault against the Greens.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Princeton, McGill and Penn have all denied tenure to women who went on to win a Nobel Prize. It says quite a bit about tenure standards, and the treatment of women in academia. MAGA thinks that DEI gives them an unfair advantage. And that's farcical. www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
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Researcher Demoted By University Of Pennsylvania Wins Nobel Prize For mRNA Discoveries—And Some Academics Urge Penn To Apologize
Katalin Karikó’s research laid the foundation for both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines.
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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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The best andidote to Pile Ons. Palestine solidarity in London (with newly weds]
Picture John McDonnell By far the best antidote to the media pile on around Palestine solidarity in recent days is to take to the streets in numbers. Saturday saw another very large march by the Pa…
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 10/10/2026
Physicians accuse Israeli Medical Association of remaining silent as Palestinian healthcare is systematically destroyed.
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Hundreds of doctors demand World Medical Association suspend Israel
Physicians accuse Israeli Medical Association of remaining silent as Palestinian healthcare is systematically destroyed.
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Jordan Rivera @jordanrivera.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Join us on the 27th October for the March Against Austerity on the evening before Budget day. We've just heard there will be no additional funding for NHS pay, that it would need to come from existing NHS budgets. . #MarchAgainstAuaterity
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We TRIPLED our vote share. Second best byelection result in Green Party history. On a date that Labour chose to deliberately clash the same week as our conference. All with a brand new PM in previously a "safe" seat. Best response to all the absolute nonsense today? Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Paul Foot on Jeffrey Archer
Jeffrey Archer who has died aged 86 was not a lovable rogue but a serial liar who ended up being sentenced to 4 years in prison for perjury. Even The Times lengthy obituary gives full details. Befo…
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
How cruel to admit this and still not give them safe routes when you have the power to do so. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Nearly all women arriving on small boats have been raped, says Shabana Mahmood
Home secretary warns people traffickers will exploit asylum seekers because they decide who comes to the UK
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Why does the BBC have as one of its lead news stories this morning another Britain-hating interview with Jim 'the UK has been colonised by immigrants' Ratcliffe? What public interest is this serving?
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 17/09/2026
‘In substituting themselves for a jury and deciding that the fresh evidence would make no difference to the outcome, appellate judges continue to uphold wrongful convictions.’ Matt Foot on problems with the Court of Appeal: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Matt Foot · Short Cuts: Rejected Appeals
The judges might argue that the Court of Appeal is a court of review, whose job is simply to assess whether a conviction...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Labour has delayed its plans to allow new North Sea drilling until after the Holborn and St Pancras byelection. A Green win on 8th October will add pressure on Labour to reverse this shortsighted and dangerous plan. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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People ‘incensed’ by North Sea plans can vote Green in byelection, says Zack Polanski
Party leader, who will contest Starmer’s former seat of Holborn and St Pancras, says gas drilling has come up on doorstep
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Ed Miliband is complicit in a genocide he refuses to call genocide ⭐️British diplomats have told the US that Ed Miliband's new sanctions against Israeli settlers ‘are largely symbolic and will have no material impact on the UK’s wider relationship with Israel’ socialistworker.co.uk/news/ed-mili...
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Ed Miliband is complicit in a genocide he refuses to call genocide
British diplomats have told the US that Ed Miliband's new sanctions against Israeli settlers ‘are largely symbolic and will have no material impact on the UK’s wider relationship with Israel’
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/09/2026
Thousands protest in Croatia to demand government clean up toxic waste aje.news/uao97n
Thousands protest in Croatia to demand government clean up toxic waste
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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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2026 fascist protest in Dover & the 1936 Public Order Act
On Saturday morning 5th September 2026 numbers of people dressed entirely in black blocked access to Dover for several hours. Reports suggests that they were fascists organised by ‘Danny Tomm…
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It’s time to get serious about change. Join us on September 27th outside Labour’s Liverpool conference as we bring peaceful and nonviolent defiance to Andy Burnham’s doorstep to demand justice. Go to www.wedonotcomply.org to get involved.
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Saving Lives Is Not Terrorism - Defend Our Juries
🗓️ On September 27th, we are taking the defiance to Andy Burnham’s Labour Conference in Liverpool. For over a year now we’ve been getting arrested under the UK Terrorism Act in our thousands for holdi...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
In one 🇬🇧 week: 👮‍♂️Home raids incl an 84yo priest for peaceful protest outside Parliament 🤑Fossil-funded politicians exposed over illegal donations, without arrest 🪧Climate activists assaulted for interrupting a speech 🥷🏻Scores of masked men blocking roads without arrest
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Peter Coles 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇮🇪 @telescoper.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
On the left, a terrorist. On the right, not terrorists.
An old lady being arrested for supporting PalestineMasked fascist thugs blockading Dover.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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Port of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roads
Hundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 02/09/2026
The actor criticised Paramount-Warner Bros merger, linking it to Oracle's ties with Israeli military amid Gaza genocide.
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Mark Ruffalo comments cause pushback against anti-Semitism ‘smear campaign'
The actor criticised Paramount-Warner Bros merger, linking it to Oracle's ties with Israeli military amid Gaza genocide.
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Frosted Poptart @toastertrollop.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Hilary Allanson @hilsa.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/s/zDwUWi
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Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
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Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A message from Prof. Jason Arday's family
Statement from Professor Jason Arday's family mourning their tragic loss, thanking supporters for kindness and solidarity, condemning the public cruelty he endured, and urging greater compassion.A family’s memorial statement asking for respectful, peaceful remembrances of their loved one, urging sharing of positive memories and quoting that “every human life has a purpose.”Invitation to share a message of condolence, memory, or support with Jason Arday’s family, with an email contact provided.
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Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
30,000 people in Trafalgar Square to honour Professor Jason Arday. Today is a vigil, but the Black, Asian and white crowd are determined to fight for justice.
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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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Exclusive: My friend Jason Arday died because of a racist witch-hunt
‘He told me that the moment he walked through the doors of Cambridge, he was told they would destroy him’
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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
🔥 Chris Packham's petition calling for a televised emergency briefing by the government is on an incredible 93,000 signatures. Can we get it to 100k this weekend? Please sign and share!
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Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks
The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...
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Jim Fagan @jimfagan1917.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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How white academics are protected by a racist system - Socialist Worker
Not one of the hundreds of academics found to have harassed women found themselves pilloried in the tabloids in the way Jason Arday was
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I’ve had some media attacks in the past, and thank goodness I’ve managed to contain suicidal thoughts since my late 30s. But this - including Novara, Guardian and Channel 4 News by the end — would have probably finished me off
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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Jason Arday. The media pile on was from the top of the market, not the tabloids
Peter Jukes has analysed the media pile on that took place before and indeed on the day of the tragic death of Jason Arday. A key conclusion is below One honest finding up front: this was not a red…
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Dr Zubaida Haque @zubhaque.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A moving tribute to Jason Arday from @runnymedetrust.bsky.social. I had the privilege of working with Jason during my time at Runnymede. We shared a deep commitment to education and social mobility. Jason was inquisitive, thoughtful and deeply engaged with our work. He will be greatly missed.
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Waltham Forest SUTR @sutrwalthamforest.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
*Vigil for Jason Arday* Monday 17 August 6pm, Trafalgar Square We send our thoughts and solidarity to the family and loved ones of Jason Arday. The right wing press and the far right have orchestrated a racist witch hunt which has produced the most tragic result.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026
This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.
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Jason Arday found dead
2 hours ago — Mr Arday was found •unresponsive• at an address in Battersea. south London. on Froy
afternoon. He was uter pronounced dead at the scene. A Read rnore
Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. His .
6 hours ago — Jason Arday says he was an i&erate. mute child. Cambridge's youngest-ever black
professor in 2023. Arday attended from the age of four to 11
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A PhD is no longer a sign of brilliance — take it from Dr Arday
1 day aeo — Juon Arday resigns from the Unwersity of Cambrdge after The Telegraph reports he had
falseb• claimed to have pubåshed a book
We are all Jason Arday now
S days ago — Jason Arday resons from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph reports he had
falsew cGimed to have published a book Aug 7.2028. Read more
Cambridge professor claimed he was on Seven Up..
2 Aug 2026 — He was not bom until 1985. Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academk
plagiarism after The Tekgragh that he had been accused
The Jason Arday 'memoir' that now appears to be more .
7 days ago — Instead of tales of triumph over adversity. the now-fomer Cambridge professors
autob"qraphy is a case study in self-rnythobgising,
Arday failed to mention 'months-long coma' in autobiography
8 days ago — Jason Arday toz publishers he was k•ft a three-month coma fohwhg a car gash. but
never wrote about the ordeal his memoirs_
Jason Arday is living proof that you reap what you sow
6 Aug 2028 — The Cambridge professor feed plagiarism alegations and made fantastical clä'ns about
his life. so what did he expect woUz happen? Read rmre
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Arday 'accused student of Miite privilege' after she
4 days ago — Forrner Cambrdge professor alleged* htplied that Roehamptm student was racist after
cornplaint about essay SOOre.
Jason Arday is rnerely a symptom of the Leffs corruption
Aug 2026 — Lab-curs on school standards is on the same toxic assumptions that created his
academic career.
Cambridge hired Arday after 'listening to black stu…
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Jerry 'Just call me Snake' Snodgrass @jerrysnodgrass.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This seems like an entirely rational position to take.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The racist witch-hunt of Jason Arday ⭐️The right has weaponised the Jason Arday scandal as part of the culture wars socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
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The racist witch-hunt of Jason Arday
The right are celebrating the fall of Cambridge professor Jason Arday with the glee of a colonial hunting party that has just blasted a lone creature into oblivion. Guns had been out for him as soon a...
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Another case of shocking violence towards women by a serving police officer ⭐Alan Greer’s multiple crimes were only recently brought to light—despite the promises of change after Sarah Everard’s murder, the cops are still a danger to women socialistworker.co.uk/news/another...
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Another case of shocking violence towards women by a serving police officer
A cop who could be Scotland’s Wayne Couzens killed himself after carrying out a 14-year spree of rapes and attempted murders.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Biggest ever Trans+ Pride in London as state ramps up attacks 🏳️‍⚧️‘Andy Burnham needs to stand up to the transphobes who do not represent the majority’ socialistworker.co.uk/lgbt/trans-p...
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Biggest ever Trans+ Pride in London as state ramps up attacks
The streets of London were filled with blue, white and pink flags on Saturday as some 150,000 people joined London's Trans+ Pride March.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Just loving how John Cleese, now reduced to one of his own caricatures, rages about immigrants coming to the UK and failing to accept "our" culture, from his home in ... (checks notes) ... Nevis in the Caribbean.
Telegraph article: John Cleese: I trust Rupert Lowe more than any other leader
Monty Python star backs the Restore Britain founder in a series of social media posts
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
India’s ‘Cockroach’ movement declares victory ⭐️Anju in Delhi and Gulal in Bengaluru spoke to Yuri Prasad about the movement that mobilised thousands of young people and forced a hated education minister to resign socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...
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India’s 'Cockroach' movement declares victory
Tens of thousands of young people in India’s “Cockroach” movement last week celebrated a rare victory over Narendra Modi’s far right BJP government.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
No. Someone did a TINY trial on 47 overweight people, 26 of whom had restricted eating hours. They presented their non peer reviewed findings at a conference. Science journalists who should know better bigged up the press release. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Restricted eating hours may reduce cognitive decline in older age, researchers find
Preliminary study shows older people who avoided food four hours before bed did better in problem solving tests
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
RALLY POSTPONED!!! PLEASE SHARE News has just come in that the Court of Appeal has U-turned on it’s initial decision and has adjourned the case against Rajiv Menon KC pending his appeal. A lot of pressure has been mounted to make this happen - thank you all!
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Legal profession speaks out in defence of silk facing contempt trial Solicitors have joined forces with barristers to speak out over contempt proceedings faced by Rajiv Menon – describing the court’s decision as ‘chilling’ and an attack on free speech. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/kafkaes...
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'Kafkaesque': Lawyers rally to defence of silk cited for contempt
Rajiv Menon KC, who represented Palestine Action activist in criminal trial, said he has been 'overwhelmed' by messages of support.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Protests and strikes demand justice for ‘Italy’s George Floyd’ ⭐️In Bologna, workers at the city’s Interporto logistics hub, where Fakir ran a small business, called a 24-hour strike in protest, paralysing truck traffic socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...
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Protests and strikes demand justice for ‘Italy’s George Floyd’
Protests have erupted across Italy after the death of a man in Bologna who was forcibly restrained by the police.
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Susanbeth5781 @susanpatrick1.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Ironic, a cartoon character has more wisdom than the entire tRump clown cabinet combined
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Kerry Ferguson @kickingk74.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The slow death of the UK university sector is a travesty & will make the UK financially & culturally poorer in decades to come. Whole areas of expertise will be lost & cannot easily be regained. Such a shame.
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I had to write something today about how sustainability is often seen as a drag on progress and innovation in AI circles (because > compute = > progress) and it's completely nuts that *in a scientific field* sustainability is not understood to be one of the primary goals of innovation.
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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
'The Guardian has learned'.... from a snout in a grubby mac presumably. Best to leave that style of reporting to Mr Murdoch www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Ann Widdecombe killing: police investigating possible leftwing motivation
Detectives examining whether hatred of Widdecombe’s strong views or of Reform party were factors in killing described as a ‘targeted attack’
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